Rashida Jones wasn’t the only one chatting at the GQ Party last night. Rapper Big Boi of Outkast says that he’s been busy in the studio and will have a new album out in 2009. Featured guests on the project include Mary J. Blige. Big Boi says his Outkast partner in crime Andre 3000 will also release a solo album the same year and then the two will collaborate for a new Outkast project.

We can’t wait.

Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton were wearing baseball jerseys long before they were a hip hop cornerstone. The outcasts rocked plaid shorts, duck boots and Girbaud jeans before you, too. So, it kinda makes sense then that Dre would take this love of fashion to the next level.

Benjamin Bixby is the clothing line birthed from Andre 3000’s colorful mind. Look at the pics. You know the guy’s style. We’ll call it a funky semblance of 30s era sensibilities with a flair for the dramatic. But rather than speculate on the labels the talented rapper/actor uses in his own description, we’d rather go to the man himself and get his thoughts on his new higher-end brand (items at Neiman Marcus and Barney’s range from $75 bowties to $1,595 leather jackets), his own style evolution and hip hop’s relevance to fashion. Read the rest of this entry »